Lives of the English Poets: Addison, Savage [and] SwiftCassell, Limited, 1901 - 192 pages |
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Page 12
... propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless men were ... proposed , he should not want an ample recompense . Halifax then named Addison , but required that the Treasurer ...
... propose it to some better poet . Halifax told him that there was no encouragement for genius ; that worthless men were ... proposed , he should not want an ample recompense . Halifax then named Addison , but required that the Treasurer ...
Page 32
... proposed himself for King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his kindness for the merit of his opponents ; when he was Secretary in Ireland , he refused to intermit his acquaintance with Swift ...
... proposed himself for King he would hardly have been refused . His zeal for his party did not extinguish his kindness for the merit of his opponents ; when he was Secretary in Ireland , he refused to intermit his acquaintance with Swift ...
Page 55
... propose to himself to be private there upon that occasion ; that he should be angry with his son for intruding there ; then that he should leave this hall upon the pretence of sleep , give himself the mortal wound in his bedchamber ...
... propose to himself to be private there upon that occasion ; that he should be angry with his son for intruding there ; then that he should leave this hall upon the pretence of sleep , give himself the mortal wound in his bedchamber ...
Page 69
... proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by marrying him to a natural daughter , on whom he intended to bestow a thousand pounds . But though he was always ...
... proposed to have established him in some settled scheme of life , and to have contracted a kind of alliance with him , by marrying him to a natural daughter , on whom he intended to bestow a thousand pounds . But though he was always ...
Page 75
... proposal , found , to his surprise , seventy guineas , which had been sent him in consequence of the compassion excited by Mr. Hill's pathetic representation . To this Miscellany he wrote a preface , in which he gives an account of his ...
... proposal , found , to his surprise , seventy guineas , which had been sent him in consequence of the compassion excited by Mr. Hill's pathetic representation . To this Miscellany he wrote a preface , in which he gives an account of his ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared calamities Cato censure character Chevy Chase conduct considered contempt conversation criticism death declared Delany discovered distress elegance endeavoured expected favour fortune friends friendship genius Georgic honour imagined Ireland Juba Juba's justly kindness knew letter likewise lived lodging London Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel mankind manner mentioned merit mind misery misfortunes mother nature neglect never obliged observed occasion once opinion Orrery pamphlet panegyric paper passion pension performance perhaps person pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical Pope pounds praise procured promise published queen reader reason received regard reputation resentment resolution retired Richard Savage Savage Savage's says scrupulosity Sempronius sentiments Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele Sir Robert Walpole Sir Thomas Overbury solicited sometimes soon Spectator Steele suffered sufficient supposed Swift Syphax Tatler tenderness thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Whigs write wrote